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Burma showed signs of change in 2012, but the government still failed to seriously address the dire human rights situation in the country. The new government, dominated by the military and former generals, has released hundreds of political prisoners, enacted laws on forming trade unions and freedom of assembly, eased official media censorship, and allowed the opposition to register and contest by-elections. However, hundreds of political prisoners remain, ethnic civil war and inter-ethnic conflict has escalated, and Burmese security forces continue to use forced labor and commit extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, and indiscriminate attacks on civilians, among other abuses.
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Buddhist monks take part in a protest in support of demonstrators who were injured during a copper mine riot, in Yangon December 12, 2012.© 2012 Reuters
Reports
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Sectarian Violence and Ensuing Abuses in Burma’s Arakan State
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Kachin Refugees from Burma in China’s Yunnan Province
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Wartime Abuses and Forced Displacement in Burma’s Kachin State
Burma
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Dec 1, 2012
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 19, 2012
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Nov 18, 2012
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Nov 17, 2012
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Nov 16, 2012
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Nov 7, 2012
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Oct 26, 2012
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Oct 7, 2012
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